NP Provider Hospice & Palliative Care
Company: MJHS
Location: Brooklyn
Posted on: February 1, 2026
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Job Description:
$15,000 Sign-On Bonus or Student Loan Assistance! This
field-based position will cover the following locations: Northern
Brooklyn, Lower Half of Manhattan and The New Jewish Home. MJHS is
a large not-for-profit health system in the Greater New York area.
Our range of health services include home care, hospice and
palliative care for adults and children, rehabilitation and nursing
care at Menorah and Isabella Centers, and the research based MJHS
Institute for Innovation and Palliative Care. We also offer
Elderplan/HomeFirst: health plans for Medicare and dual-eligible
individuals. As a not-for-profit organization, many of our programs
and services are made possible through the generosity of grateful
families, corporate donors and grants, as well as our own
employees. Our groundbreaking hospice and palliative care programs
offer a significant difference when dealing with a life-limiting
condition. We offer a broad range of services in the community or
facility-based to help patients and their families ease the burden
of managing a life-limiting illness or end of life care. The Nurse
Practitioner (NP) provider is one of a group of MDs and NPs who
staff palliative care consultation services that function as
programs of MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care. The NP Provider may
work in a nursing home, hospital or community environment. He/she
has specialist skills in symptom management, communication
including goal setting discussions, and hospice eligibility review,
and he/she may work independently or as part of a treatment team.
Initial patient encounters are in response to consultation
requests, and the initial consultation may be followed by one or
more visits, as appropriate to the referral questions and status of
the patient and family. The care plan advanced by the NP Provider
aims to prevent or mitigate illness burden for the patient and
family. Each encounter comports with best practices of specialist
palliative care, including history-taking, appropriate examination,
formulation and care planning, treatment recommendation or
implementation, communication, and documentation. Other
responsibilities include developing quality initiatives, educating
staff, and supporting hospice operations through participation in
the provider on call rotation and performance of face to face
encounters as needed. • Master's degree in Nursing and Graduate of
an approved Nurse Practitioner Program required. • Minimum of
1-year clinical experience as a NP provider preferred. Hospice,
Palliative Care and/or Geriatric nursing or NP experience
preferred. • New York State RN licensure, Certified Adult, Family,
Gerontology, or Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner required. •
CPR-BLS and valid NYS Driver's license preferred. • Hospice &
Palliative Care certification strongly encouraged by year 2 of
hire. • Microsoft Word and Excel. • Ability to work flexible hours
to meet the needs of the position. • Ability to coordinate the
resources and personnel involved in a comprehensive
interdisciplinary team environment. • Ability to travel within the
assigned geographic area to provide patient care. • Possess
teaching, communication, and listening skills. • Ability to work
non-judgmentally with patient / family members of any culture,
religion, socio-economic background or lifestyle. • A high degree
of accountability. • Excellent communication, listening, and
organizational skills. • Ability to work within an integrated
health care team. • Ability to demonstrate effective critical
thinking skills. • Ability to problem solve independently.
Keywords: MJHS, New York , NP Provider Hospice & Palliative Care, Healthcare , Brooklyn, New York
